OPENING A WAY TO FREEDOM – exhibition

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Story about the artist

Béni Ferenczy (1890–1967) was the sculptor in the eponymous dynasty of artists and one of the most outstanding masters of 20th-century Hungarian sculpture. Throughout his life, even in periods of adversity, he remained faithful to the values represented by all artists in the family, showed respect, humility and commitment towards work.

He grew up in Nagybánya (Baia Mare, Romania) with his brother, the painter and graphic artist Valér, and his sister, Noémi, who breathed a new life into Hungarian tapestry art. Their parents, Károly Ferenczy, the most respected founder of the Nagybánya artist colony, and Olga Fialka, who studied to be a painter, ensured that their children’s education was extensive, and that they visited the major centres of European culture.

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concept

Béni Ferenczy was a phenomen of Hungarian sculpture, who created more unique work of art in 20th-century. He really liked classical sculpture, that influenced his work. Many of his sculptures show a characteristic movement that breaks the stable shape. The shape of the letters refers to that specific action.